Bridgewater’s Culture and People
桥水联合基金的公司文化和员工
Naturally, the culture and people thatI have chosen for Bridgewater are extensions the principles that I believe work best, which I explained in Part 2. Most importantly I value meaningful work and meaningful relationships that are obtained by striving for truthand excellence with great people. I am confident that through this constant striving, we will evolve rapidly together.
事实上，在创造桥水联合基金公司文化与聘用员工时，我遵循的管理原则是我认为最有效的原则的拓展，这些原则我在第二章已经详述。最重要的是，我很重视在追求真理与卓越的过程中，完成有意义的工作，与值得打交道的人建立关系。我坚信，只要这样不断奋进，我们定能实现快速进化。
As you might have guessed from readingPart 2, I want Bridgewater to be a company in which peoplecollectively…
如果你已阅读第二章，就应该能猜到，我心目中桥水联合基金的员工应都具备什么素质：
…1) work for what they want and not for what others want of them.
干自己真正想做的事情，而非他人逼迫为之
…2) come up with the best independent opinions they can muster to move toward their goals,
达成最好的独立观点，用以实现目标。
…3) stress-test their opinions by having the smartest people they can find to challenge them so they can find out where they are
wrong,
对自己的观点进行压力测试，把身边最聪明的人找来挑毛病，找出观点中错误的地方。
…4) are wary about overconfidence, and good at not knowing
不能太过自信，并善于面对“不知”。
…5) wrestle with reality, experiencing the results of their decisions, and reflecting on what they did to produce them so that they
can improve.
同现实展开斗争，反思为什么他们的决定会产生这种结果，从中学习与提高。
And when faced with difficult choices,I want them to see the choices as follows.
遇到棘手选择时，可参考如下选项：
While I recognize that being this wayis challenging, I am also confident that it is what is required to get the most out of out of life. I am confident for two reasons. First, it is logical that the cause-effect relationships are such that being this way producesgood results. Second, this theory has been tested over the last 40 years and has worked. While 40 years ago being this way seemed logical, back then that was an untested theory. Now that we have 40 years of testing to lookback on, we can see that the results verify the theory.
尽管我知道这种管理方式很具有挑战性，但我坚信这是实现成功的必备条件。我对此深信不疑是基于两点。第一，基于原因-结果的逻辑关系，这样的管理方式会带来满意结果；第二，40多年的公司管理表明，这套理论是行之有效的。我们现在回顾这40多年来走过的历程，最后的结果也证明，这套理论经受住了检验。